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Ben Cherington and Kylie Levy of Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA) Performing Arts Academy of Lorton, Va. and Alexandria, Va. were recently recognized for All-Star Cast by the Virginia Theatre Association Conference for their performances in INever Saw Another Butterfly. This was the first time Metropolitan School of the Arts had participated in the conference. Cherington, an 11th grader from Burke, Va., and Levy, a 10th grader from Fairfax, Va. are students at Metropolitan School of the Arts. For more information, go to www.metropolitanarts.org.

Metropolitan School of the Arts (MSA) also earned the 2014 Virginia Theatre Association Conference award for Best Costume Design and was recognized for Staging, as well as received an honorable mention for Best Play, I Never Saw Another Butterfly.

BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police are warning residents in the Bethesda area to be aware of a group of transient criminals who are burglarizing homes.

The thieves have hit more than a dozen homes since September.

The suspects may pose as WSSC employees to divert homeowners to the basement while a break-in team goes inside to rob the house. In other cases, a woman may ask to use the phone while another woman steals property, according to police.

Transient criminals will also knock on the front door and if no one answers, they will enter through a side door or rear window, police say.

It happened at approximately 6:55 p.m. in the 7800 block of Hampden Lane, police said. The girl parked her 2011 dark red Volvo XC60 on the street and began to use her phone. The vehicle was running and the doors were unlocked, according to police.

A masked, male suspect approached the vehicle and opened the driver's side door before placing a handgun to the victims head and demanding she get out of the SUV, according to police. A second male suspect opened the front passenger side door and stole a bag lying on the front seat. A third suspect was also present during the carjacking, police said.

BETHESDA, Md. (WUSA9) -- One of the most unique houses in the D.C. area, a landmark of sorts, hit the market Saturday and is going for $1.2 million.

It's a home the owner says strangers try to get into all of the time.

If you haven't seen it, maybe you've heard of it? It's called the Bethesda mushroom house. The large, 3,700 sq. ft. structure sits on the 4900 block of Allan Rd.

The owner, Eddie Garfinkle, gave WUSA9 a tour that he said he wouldn't even give HGTV.

"A lot of people have wanted to see the interior. You know we've had, sometimes some would knock on the door and they'd say, 'Can I come in?' and we'd say, 'No' and they'd say, 'Why?' and we'd say, 'It's our home, we live here and you know, that type of thing but you know it's been fun," said Garfinkle.